The Glitter Bomb Dance Party at Mike Pence's House Tonight Is the Protest of Our Dreams

When Mike Pence moved onto a quiet block in Chevy Chase for the duration of the presidential transition, he probably didn't anticipate the flood of rainbow flags his neighbors quietly erected in protest of the Vice President-elect's bigoted views of the LGBTQ community. He certainly didn't know that the flags would make national headlines and help define the conversation about how the overwhelmingly liberal Washington, D.C. area is "greeting" the Trump administration. And he definitely couldn't have anticipated the flood of rainbow-adorned, glitter-throwing bodies planning to stream onto his block tonight, where they'll launch a massive dance-a-thon to "tell Daddy Pence: homo/transphobia is not tolerated in our country!"

Throughout his political career, Pence has remained staunchly against LGBTQ rights. In 2000, his campaign website outlined his plans for “an audit to ensure that federal dollars were no longer being given to organizations that celebrate and encourage the types of behaviors that facilitate the spreading of the HIV virus.” Instead, Pence argued that those funds should be sent to organizations “which provide assistance to those seeking to change their sexual behavior.” Essentially, he wanted to take federal funding away from the terminally ill and use it for gay-conversation therapy—a practice so harmful it's since been banned in multiple states. In 2006, Pence argued against gay marriage by claiming it would be the downfall of our nation, saying “societal collapse was always brought about following an advent of the deterioration of marriage and family.” In 2011, he called Don't Ask, Don't Tell a "successful" policy and argued against its rollback. And in 2015, Pence signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which enabled business owners in Indiana to refuse services for gay individuals and couples by arguing that such services would violate their religious freedom.

WERK for Peace, launched in the wake of the shooting deaths of 49 people at Orlando nightclub Pulse, is leading the charge tonight in what their founding organizer, Firas Nasr, is calling "a glitter-filled, rainbow-filled extravaganza" meant "to send a clear message to Mike Pence and other homophobic and transphobic individuals that this bigotry will not be tolerated in our country." The group—Nasr says over 700 people have RSVP'd and that he's "hoping" for at least several hundred people—will meet at the Friendship Heights Metro station and then parade through Pence's neighborhood, where they'll dance in the street with signs, glowsticks, and biodegradable glitter—"a lot of glitter." And because glitter is a delightful, vicious creature that will haunt you for months, one can only hope it'll leave a lasting impression on Pence and everything he owns.

Nasr says the group wants Pence to know that "we are there and we are watching," but the dance party isn't just meant as a message to Pence. It's also a release for the participants, "about celebrating our diversity by using our bodies to occupy space and love," he explained. To that end, WERK for Peace has been in contact with some of Pence's neighbors and while they have not applied for a permit, they "plan on being very peaceful." To that end, they've invited the neighborhood to join them.

If nothing else, Nasr's affirmation that "everything queer will be there" has us JAZZED.

"If I could look at Daddy Pence right now—oh, I'm sorry, if I could look at Mike Pence right now," he added, "I'd…say, Hey Daddy Pence, why you so homophobic, tho? You know…a little bit of some sass."

In two days Pence won't be a Chevy Chase resident anymore, but we can only hope he takes with him the distinct mental imprint of some rainbow-clad booty shaking. And a f-ck ton of glitter.